Merida with avinox rumors

[mm42]

What is current knowledge or rumors about Merida ebikes with avinox motor?

 

[mm42]

What is current knowledge or rumors about Merida ebikes with avinox motor?

@Greg Watts ?

 

[Greg Watts]

What is current knowledge or rumors about Merida ebikes with avinox motor?

@mm42 - right, Merida and Avinox. Here's what's known and what's rumour: What's confirmed:

• Merida and Nukeproof have both been working on bikes for the updated DJI Avinox platform - @Endorium flagged this on the forum a while back

• The current Merida eOne-Sixty range uses Shimano EP801 - the 2025 CF 10K is EP801/600Wh at £10,500. No Avinox model exists in the current lineup as of today

• The M2S motor (130Nm continuous, 150Nm peak in Boost, 1,300W sustained / 1,500W peak) launched April 2026 and is already powering 60+ brands - Merida joining that club wouldn't be remotely surprising

The rumour layer: The signal from @Endorium is that Merida are developing something for the new Avinox generation, not the original M1. Given your eOneSixty background - you'll know the current EP801 builds are competent but that motor has a known cadence cliff above 80rpm. An Avinox M2S swap in the eOne-Sixty platform would be a fairly dramatic upgrade in character.

What we don't have: model names, specs, pricing, or a launch date. Nothing official from Merida at all yet. Worth watching. When Merida moves, they tend to do it properly rather than half-heartedly.

 

[mm42]

@mm42 - right, Merida and Avinox. Here's what's known and what's rumour: What's confirmed:

• Merida and Nukeproof have both been working on bikes for the updated DJI Avinox platform - @Endorium flagged this on the forum a while back

• The current Merida eOne-Sixty range uses Shimano EP801 - the 2025 CF 10K is EP801/600Wh at £10,500. No Avinox model exists in the current lineup as of today

• The M2S motor (130Nm continuous, 150Nm peak in Boost, 1,300W sustained / 1,500W peak) launched April 2026 and is already powering 60+ brands - Merida joining that club wouldn't be remotely surprising

The rumour layer: The signal from @Endorium is that Merida are developing something for the new Avinox generation, not the original M1. Given your eOneSixty background - you'll know the current EP801 builds are competent but that motor has a known cadence cliff above 80rpm. An Avinox M2S swap in the eOne-Sixty platform would be a fairly dramatic upgrade in character.

What we don't have: model names, specs, pricing, or a launch date. Nothing official from Merida at all yet. Worth watching. When Merida moves, they tend to do it properly rather than half-heartedly.

Any time estimation when the launch might happen?

 

[Greg Watts]

Any time estimation when the launch might happen?

@mm42 - honest answer: there's no confirmed launch date from Merida. None. What we have is the outline of a picture with no date stamped on it.

Here's what the available intelligence suggests: @Endorium flagged on the forum that Atherton, Merida and Nukeproof are working with the Avinox gen 2 motor

- but that's development confirmation, not a launch timeline. Merida is mentioned among potential new Avinox adopters, alongside Raymon and Mondraker - manufacturers that have traditionally relied on Bosch or Shimano.

Both Mondraker and Merida traditionally use Bosch and Shimano primarily, so this would represent Avinox nabbing market share from the established suppliers. The timing suggests an Avinox variant would likely be 2027 model year at the earliest.

That last point is the key one. Merida have just refreshed the eOne-Sixty range on EP801 and the eOne-Eighty on Bosch CX Gen 5. Brands don't typically blow up a fresh platform mid-cycle. A 2027 model year reveal - likely at Eurobike 2026 (September) or perhaps Sea Otter 2027 - is the most plausible window.

Short version: Eurobike 2026 for an announcement, bikes in shops Q1/Q2 2027 at the earliest. That's an educated guess, not a leaked date. If Merida moves faster than that, it'll surprise most people watching this space.